Chamlungu Surname

862,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 315 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Chamlungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chamlungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3111:170,23014,948
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Chamlungu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chamlungu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chamlungu occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chamlungu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chamlungu? popularity and diffusion

Chamlungu is the 862,604th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 23,135,066 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chamlungu reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Chamlungu is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 311 people, or 1 in 170,230. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 72 percent live, Ruvuma Region, where 27 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chamlungu
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